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Animals – Teacher Resources

Incorporate students' natural curiosity about animals in your class with lessons and printables on sea life, endangered species, wildlife, and more. Educate them about animal behavior, biology, life cycles, and habitats with literature, games, and references. Science activities and graphic organizers will help students classify vertebrates and invertebrates. There are plenty of resources for math, writing, social studies, and art to extend your curriculum offerings for all grade levels.

Whiteboard Compatible Mini-Lessons

The Amazing Rain Forest Mini-Lesson
Building Nests Mini-Lesson
Adaptations: Bird Beaks Mini-Lesson
Characteristics of Mammals Mini-Lesson
Animals of the Arctic Mini-Lesson
Introducing Deserts Mini-Lesson
Focus on Frogs Mini-Lesson
Meet the Mammals Mini-Lesson
Animals of the Antarctic Mini-Lesson
More Mini-Lessons

Slideshows

Top 10 Animal-Themed Graphic Organizers
Gallery of DK Digital Books for Life Science
Animals Printables Slideshow (Grades K-1)
Plant & Animal Visuals Slideshow
Presidential Pets
Animals Printables Slideshow (Grades 2-4)
Animal & Insect Transparencies Slideshow

Printables for Grades K-2

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Activities Booklet
Body Parts of an Ant
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Poster & Activities
What Is Adaptation?
Frog Life Cycle Booklet
Animal Mothers and Babies
Home, Sweet, Home: Animal Habitats
More Popular Animal Printables

Printables for Grades 3-5

Butterfly Life Cycle Worksheet
Animal Research and Writing
How to Eat Fried Worms Enrichment Activities
Layers of the Rain Forest Worksheets
Island of the Blue Dolphins Activities
Vertebrate and Invertebrate Animals
A Butterfly's Life Cycle
More Popular Animal Printables

Printables for Grades 6-8

Animal Cell/Plant Cell (Blank) Printable
Insects in the Garden
Animal Adaptations Project -- Worksheet 1
Dominant and Recessive Genes
An Animal Word Search
Giant Squid Attack!
Printable List of Rain Forest Animals
More Popular Animal Printables

Printables for Grades 9-12

The Parts of a Plant Cell and an Animal Cell
Food Web (Blank) Printable
Identifying Biomes
The Anatomy of an Earthworm
Extinct, Endangered, and Threatened Animals Activity
Threats to Tropical Rain Forests
Classifying Cerealites
More Popular Animal Printables

Graphic Organizers

Animal Coverings
Dogs and Cats as Pets: Venn Diagram
KWL Chart - Animals
Horse Organizer
KWL Chart - Living and Non-Living
In a Garden
Animal Babies and Parents
More Animal Graphic Organizers

Quizzes

Vertebrates and Invertebrates Quiz
Mammals Quiz
Animal Classification Quiz
Young Animals Quiz
General Science Quiz
Arthropods Quiz
Spiders Quiz
More Animal Quizzes

Lesson Plans for Grades K-6

Life Cycle of Butterflies
What Am I? Icebreaker
"The Grasshopper and the Owl": A Fable by Aesop
Charlotte's Web Persuasive Letter
How Big Is a Blue Whale?
"The Fox and the Goat": A Lesson on Aesop's Fable
Animals of the Rainforest
More Popular Animal Lesson Plans

Lesson Plans for Grades 7-12

Why Care About Amphibian Population Decline and Malformations?
What Foods Attract Ants?
Estimating Turtle Size and Age
Dinosaur Detectives
Mystery of the Malformed Frogs Lesson Plan
Long-Lived Turtles
Mimics Survive -- Camouflaged Reptiles
More Animal Lesson Plans

Animals & Technology Connected

Animal Report PowerPoint Presentation
Animal Report PowerPoint Presentation: Student Planning Pages
Insects on the Internet
Animal Report PowerPoint Presentation: Teacher Planning Page
Man's Best Friend Rubric
All About Wolves Rubric
75-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Voice Heard Again
More Technology Activities on Animals

Music, Drama, & Animals Connected

The Barnyard Song
Playing Prehistorics
The Beetles and the Bedbugs Song
The Barnum & Bailey Circus
More Music and Drama Activities on Animals

Animal Activities for Art Class

"Dear Zoo" Flap Book
My Mixed-Up Animal
Sea Creatures: Would You Rather...
Rain Forest Animals
Farm Animals Matching
Hey There, Stink Bug! Activity Guide
Sea Animal Patterns
More Popular Animal Art Activities

Animals in Literature

Charlotte's Web
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Animal Farm Literature Guide
Make Way for Ducklings Literature Guide
Diary of a Worm Classroom Activities
Two Bad Ants Teacher's Guide
Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery
More Popular Literature Resources on Animals

Animal Resources for Reading & Language Arts

Life in the Sea
Stellaluna
Stone Fox: A Collection of Lessons
Zoo Animals
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Science and Language Arts: Design Your Own Animals
Classroom Guide for The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse
More Popular Animal Resources for Reading & Language Arts

Digital Books

Eyewitness: Jungle
One Million Things: Animal Life
Eyewitness: Amphibian
Eye Wonder: Mammals
DK First Animal Encyclopedia
Eyewitness: Arctic & Antarctic
E.Guides: Mammal
Little Brainwaves Investigate: Animals
Eyewitness: Mammal
Eye Wonder: Birds
Eyewitness: Bird
Eyewitness: Eagle & Birds of Prey
Gallery of DK Digital Books for Life Science

Games & Puzzles

Spring Crossword Puzzle I
A Fishy Word Search
A Bird Word Search
Where Are the Animals?
Search for the Animals
In the Pond
Animal Life Puzzles
Make a Puzzle
Animals Black and White Discussion and Game
Find Homes for Sammy's Friends

Social Studies & Animals Connected

An Ocean Adventure Sub Kit (Grades 3-4)
Island of the Blue Dolphins
The Summer of the Swans
Second-Grade Soil Scientists
Jane Goodall, Ethologist
The Race of Toad and Deer
The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks
More Popular Animal Resources for Social Studies

Wildlife Week Resources

A Visit to the Zoo Sub Kit (Grades 1-2)
Animal Habitat Crossword Puzzle
Butterfly Facts and Questions
Animal Adaptations Project -- Teacher Notes
How Do Seasons Affect Animal Adaptations? -- Activity 4.11
Butterfly Life Cycle Quiz
Plant Eaters and Meat Eaters
More Wildlife Teacher Resources

Earth Day Activities

Animal and Insect Pictures
Animal Apartments
Recycling Craft Project: Make a Birdhouse
There's an Owl in the Shower
How Many Shrimp?
Arctic Maze
What Is Wildlife Conservation?
More Earth Day Teacher Resources

Animal Biology Resources

Animal Adaptation Project -- Student Overview
Reptile and Amphibian Life Span and Life History
How Do Plant and Animal Cells Differ?
The Anatomy of a Sponge
How Do Animals Move? -- Activity 4.9
How Was That Sheep Cloned?
Bird or Mammal?
More Animal Biology Resources

Mathematics & Animals Connected

Which Dinosaur Is Taller?
Dot-to-Dot Tiger Count
Spider Count
Favorite Animal Graph
Great, Big Enormous Animals
Great Giraffes
Place Value through Hundreds (Gr. 3)
More Popular Animal Activities for Math Class

Animal Resources for History Class

Animals in Uniform
Animal Skin Clothing
All About the Buffalo
The Buffalo Hunters
The Magnificent Salmon
Reading Warm-Up 36 for Gr. 1 & 2: American History
Reading Warm-Up 35 for Gr. 1 & 2: American History
More Animal Resources for History Class

Health & Safety Resources on Animals

The Ants Have It!
Food From Plants and Animals
Join the Firefighters!
Wild Critters
Disease-Carrying Animals
More Health & Safety Resources on Animals

Endangered Species

Endangered Species Wordsearch
Who Gives a Hoot?
Endangered Animals
Endangered Animals Hunt
Endangered Animal Species
Wetlands Life Worksheet
Science and Social Studies: Species Extinction and the Community
More Resources on Endangered Species

Insects

List of Rain Forest Animals
Am I an Insect?
Insect Habitats
Ladybug Pattern
Animal Groups Matching
Insects Bulletin Board
Ladybug Girl and Bumblebee Boy Activity Kit
More Insects – Teacher Resources

Aquatic Animals

What Belongs in the Ocean?
Ralph Masiello's Ocean Drawing Book Coloring Page
Name That Shark
Backyardigans Character Mask: Pablo
Making a Zoo Poster
Sea Water Experiments
The Sea Turtle
More Popular Aquatic Animal Resources

Zoo Animals

The Petting Zoo
Lion Mask Cut-Out
Science and Technology: Fake Trees and Giraffes
Where Will You Find Them?
Science, Technology, and Society: Zoos that Are News
Draw a Path to My Door
Jumbo the Elephant
More Resources on Zoo Animals

References

Some Unusual Facts About Snakes
Animal Defenses
Vertebrates Versus Invertebrates
Animal Communication
Animal Vocabulary
Presidential Pardon of the Turkey
President Classification of Animals
More Animal References

Additional Animal Resources

Animal Adaptations Resources
Dinosaurs – Teacher Resources

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